Our First Floor Display
for July
is
THE
VIETNAM WAR 50 YEARS AGO
On August
7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. President Lyndon B. Johnson subsequently relied upon
the resolution to begin rapid escalation of U.S. military involvement in South
Vietnam and open warfare between North Vietnam and the United States.
Some recent books include:
Some recent books include:
Turse, Nick. Killanything that moves: the real American war in Vietnam. 959.70434 Turse
Were events such as the notorious My Lai massacre isolated incidents or the predictable consequence of official orders to kill anything that moves.
Hunt, Ira Augustus. Losing Vietnam: how America abandoned Southeast Asia. 959.7043 Hunt
Hunt effectively argues that America's lack of financial support and resolve doomed Cambodia and South Vietnam to defeat.
Jones, Gregg. Laststand at Khe Sanh: the U.S. Marines' finest hour in Vietnam. 959.704345 Jones
Last Stand at Khe Sanh captures the exceptional courage and brotherhood
that sustained the American fighting men throughout the ordeal.
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